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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Trier (City of Trier) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | STADT TRIER 50 Pfg. Die Stadtgemeinde TRIER haftet für die Einlösung. Der Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach Aufkündigung in den Trierer Ortsblättern. TRIER, den 1 Juni 1920. Der Oberbürgermeister |
| Reverse description | Light green notgeld reverse with a decorative border of grapevines with bunches of grapes at left and apple branches at right, enclosing a central letterpress panoramic vignette of the Moselle riverfront at Trier with a windmill tower in the foreground and the city skyline beyond. At top centre, a small vignette depicts episcopal insignia including a mitre and crossed keys. The denomination '50' appears in a black cartouche at bottom centre, flanked by a local dialect verse in four lines. The printer's imprint 'SCHAAR & DATHE, TRIER' is at lower left. |
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Trier's 1920 Notgeld issue was printed locally by Schaar & Dathe, a regional firm that handled a significant volume of municipal emergency currency during the postwar inflation years. Like most Kleingeldersatz of this period, it was issued to fill the void left by chronic small-coin shortages — a problem that had been worsening since 1917 and showed no sign of resolving as the Weimar Republic struggled to stabilize its monetary system.
Trier's position on the left bank of the Moselle placed it within the French occupation zone after 1918, a complication that gave local authorities more practical autonomy over day-to-day commerce than was typical for German cities of comparable size.